Daming pirates

The Tamsui River is very lively now. In addition to many Sea Wolf warships resting here, there are also many merchant ships docked on the shore, and some merchant ships that do not belong to Sea Wolf are also docked here.

Following the instructions, we parked next to the pier and loaded and unloaded some cargo.

After the war in Fujian stopped, the sea in Fujian also calmed down. The maritime merchants who had been holding back for several months rushed out to sea and started busy doing their business. The delay of these few months caused them losses.

It's very big. If we don't seize the time, the trend will change. If we miss this opportunity, we will probably delay all our business this year.

Therefore, the sea along the entire coast of Fujian suddenly became busy. Merchant ships, all loaded with goods, like bees emerging from their nests, left the ports where they were hiding and began to rush towards their destinations.

Of course, some of them are merchant ships that have business dealings with Sea Wolf, but their destinations are Sea Wolf's Tamsui Village and Keelung Port. Their ships are loaded with various supplies that Sea Wolf urgently needs. After several months of

Although Sea Wolf gained a lot from the war, its consumption was also huge. The reserves of many raw materials have now been exhausted. If they are not replenished, many of Sea Wolf's workshops will probably stop working.

So this is one of the reasons why Yu Xiaotian is eager to end this conflict, because no matter how much advantage he takes, the workshop cannot stop working, otherwise it will have a great impact on his future development.

Therefore, the end of this conflict is necessary for both the government and him. In addition, his main financial source in the future will also depend on these coastal merchants. If it ends one day late, he will make a lot less money.

Because now he has actually controlled Weitou Bay, and also has actually controlled most of the shipping routes along the entire Fujian coast. In the future, if merchant ships from Fujian want to go out to sea to do business, it will be difficult for them to do so without paying him, even merchant ships from other places.

, when passing through the coast of Fujian, they must also pay the sea wolf the money to pay for the passage. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to guarantee that they can sneak across the sea of ​​Fujian silently.

Based on this alone, Yu Xiaotian no longer has to worry about money issues. It is ridiculous that such a huge source of wealth has been ignored by the entire Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. The reason why the Song Dynasty was so rich that it was eye-popping,

To a large extent, this is because the Song Dynasty has always been open to maritime trade. There are shipping offices in various places to manage merchants and ships going out to sea. This income alone makes the Song Dynasty make a lot of money every year.

Even after the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the weak Southern Song Dynasty still relied on the taxes collected from sea trade to maintain its operation. It struggled to resist the Jin Kingdom for more than a hundred years, and in the face of the iron hoof of the Mongolian army, it lasted for decades before it was destroyed.

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After the fall of the capital, the Ming Dynasty was immediately overrun by the Manchu and Qing Tatars, and was wiped out in just a dozen years. To some extent, it had a lot to do with the fact that the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to maritime trade, so that its financial resources were exhausted.

If there are sensible people in the Ming Dynasty who can see this clearly, even at this time, as long as the sea ban is completely lifted and taxes are collected from merchants, the Ming Dynasty can completely relax, at least the financial resources will become much looser, and it will not be

Increases in wages and salaries every year, in this era of numerous natural disasters, have forced people everywhere to live in dire straits, and the government has forced the people to rebel.

It is a pity that there has never been an emperor in the Ming Dynasty who could clearly realize this. Each one of them clung to Zhu Chongba's legacy and resolutely refused to impose a sea ban. Naturally, it was impossible to make such money, so that now he can

Yu Xiaotian said it was cheap.

Through this method, Yu Xiaotian was able to accumulate a huge amount of wealth in a short period of time. He could be as rich as the enemy. What else can't be done with money?

Therefore, for such a business, one day less would be an astronomical loss, not to mention that the government would not be able to sustain it. Yu Xiaotian himself felt sick just thinking about it.

After hearing that Peter had brought a boat to Tamsui City, Yu Xiaotian summoned Lin Yiyang and other important members of the council to wait for Peter's arrival.

And Peter sat on the small boat and sailed along the Tamsui River into the mouth of the river. His eyes were not idle anymore. In fact, he knew that the sea wolves took control of the Tamsui area later than the Dutch took control of the big ones, but at present they

The Dutch controlled a small castle, a pier with imperfect facilities, and a few crude forts. In addition, the range they could move within was not more than ten kilometers away.

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But now come to Tamsui. From the river, you can see large areas of farmland on the bank, as well as villages and forts dotted here and there. There are immigrants busy with their work everywhere on the bank. He even saw some places where buildings were built.

There were several rotating windmills, and for a moment, I felt that this place had some of the countryside scenery of the Netherlands, because the Netherlands itself built quite a few windmills.

But he didn't expect that on the Tamsui side, he would actually see windmills that looked very similar to their hometown. Peter was greatly amazed, and at the same time he had to be amazed by Sea Wolf's achievements here.

Although most of the Sea Wolves are Mingren, and they have certain factors of favorable time, place and people, it is a matter of course that they can develop faster than them in senior positions. It is understandable that the human resources are richer than them, but this gap is too big.

After looking at it this way, Peter, as a high-ranking governor, felt quite ashamed of himself.

He couldn't help but sigh slightly, and muttered to himself in his heart, it's really irritating to compare people to each other! Compared with Yu Xiaotian's achievements, he is simply a grain of light compared to the sun. This time they are really

Yu Xiaotian's strength was too underestimated, which led to such uncontrollable results. Is he really going to lead his men to abandon Danyuan Port and retreat to Batavia in despair? Thinking of this

, Peter couldn't help but sigh again.

As the sea wolf's Tamsui City got closer and closer, Peter's eyes became wider and wider, because when he approached Tamsui City, he had already seen some things appearing on the east bank of the river in Tamsui City.

The tall mast he was very familiar with.

This kind of mast is not the type of mast used by Chinese Keron ships, but there are some crossbars on the mast. Only Western-style plywood ships have such masts. This is related to the fact that they use soft sails and must use this kind of mast.

The presence of so many masts in front also shows that there should be many Western-style sailing ships docked here.

Where did Sea Wolf come from so many Western-style sailing ships? This was another question that flashed through his mind.

But he soon thought of the reason for this, because he immediately thought of the reported conflict between the Spanish Banks and the Sea Wolves in Jilong Bay last year. The Spanish Banks were also beaten by the Sea Wolves there.

It was said that only one main ship was able to escape the battlefield and return to Manila.

Therefore, there must have been a ship belonging to West Bank that was captured by Sea Wolf at that time. Among these ships, there might be a ship captured by them.

In addition, the fleet that Waite brought over this time was completely wiped out, and one or two of them would inevitably be captured by Sea Wolf. Therefore, it is not strange that Sea Wolf now owns several large Western-style plywood boats.

But when Sea Wolf owns several large plywood boats, things become serious. Under the ebb and flow of one another, Sea Wolf's strength will increase dramatically. With only a few large plywood boats, looking to the Far East

At sea, there are basically not many forces that can deal with them anymore.

Even if the Dutch wanted to retaliate, they would probably have to mobilize six or seven warships like last time. It would be impossible to deal with the Sea Wolf. The Sea Wolf only had these captured warships in their hands.

It can easily withstand their company's fleet, plus Sea Wolf's numerous Kron ships, it makes my scalp numb just thinking about it.

In this situation, even if the company wants to take revenge on Sea Wolf, if it does not concentrate most of the available combat power of the entire company, it is estimated that it will be difficult to deal with Sea Wolf. But is it possible to concentrate these forces? They still have

We have other interests to protect. How can we give up those interests and devote all our strength to revenge against the sea wolf?

So Peter thought about it over and over, but couldn't come up with an idea that could keep the senior officials, so he could only shake his head in despair and stop thinking about it. Thinking about it was in vain. Next, it depends on what conditions Sea Wolf proposes.

The Tamsui City pier did not become much lively due to the arrival of the Dutch mission. Except for one trestle that was cleared by the Sea Wolf infantry for the Dutch boats to dock, there were not even a few people to greet them. The other trestles

The people who were supposed to be busy just looked sideways and went about whatever they were supposed to be busy with, as if this kind of thing didn't require them to care too much.

Such a scene once again gave Peter a strong sense of frustration. Although he came here to negotiate as the defeated party, after all, the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch State were standing behind him. In the current world, they, the Netherlands

The strength of the people at sea is second to none. Even the British, who had just defeated the Spanish, were very afraid of the Dutch.

But he didn't expect that he, a Dutchman who was the governor of a party, would receive such a cold reception in front of this Chinese pirate. Thinking of this, Peter felt a serious sense of frustration, and even a little angry.

But after thinking about it carefully, he still suppressed the anger in his heart, because as a representative of a tyrannical force, Peter understands the laws of this world better than many people. The strong is king, no matter who is in this world.

There are general rules everywhere.

Since the Dutch were defeated, they should have the consciousness of being defeated. As the defeated party, wanting to be respected by the other party is a luxury in itself.

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